NMS Archaeology Object 159318: X.HPO 309 - Socketed arrowhead


Description

Summary


Socketed iron arrowhead, from Dunadd, 400 - 900 AD


Accession Number


X.HPO 309


Other references

Register Number
Original Loan Number range
X.1945.509
Q.L.P.1 - Q.L.P.275

Original description

POLTALLOCH COLLECTION. Presented to the nation by Colonel George I. Malcolm of Poltalloch, Kilmartin, Lochgilphead, Argyll. Socketed iron spear-head or bolt-head, 3 7/8" long in all, blade 1 1/2". SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Poltalloch Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1945-06-06

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Colonel George I. Malcolm of Poltalloch

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Socketed iron arrowhead, from Dunadd, 400 - 900 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Socketed iron arrowhead, from Dunadd, 400 - 900 AD © National Museums Scotland

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